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  2. Wiktionary - Wikipedia

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    Wiktionary ( UK: / ˈwɪkʃənəri /, WIK-shə-nər-ee; US: / ˈwɪkʃənɛri /, WIK-shə-nerr-ee; rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web -based project to create a free content dictionary of terms (including words, phrases, proverbs, linguistic reconstructions, etc.) in all natural languages and in a number of artificial languages.

  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Leucippus was a Greek philosopher of the 5th century BCE. He is credited with founding atomism, with his student Democritus. Leucippus divided the world into two entities: atoms, indivisible particles that make up all things, and the void, the nothingness between the atoms.

  4. List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia

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    There is one count that puts the English vocabulary at about 1 million words — but that count presumably includes words such as Latin species names, prefixed and suffixed words, scientific terminology, jargon, foreign words of extremely limited English use and technical acronyms. [39] [40] [41] Urdu. 264,000. 264000.

  5. Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary. Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages. A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini. Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for ...

  6. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is not a dictionary, phrasebook, or a slang, jargon, or usage guide. Instead, the goal of this project is to create an encyclopedia. Our sister project Wiktionary has the goal of creating a dictionary. It is the " lexical companion to Wikipedia", and the two often link to each other. Wiktionary welcomes all editors who wish to write a ...

  7. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    The complete phrase is "de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum" ("when we talk about tastes and colours there is nothing to be disputed"). Probably of Scholastic origin; see Wiktionary. de integro: again, a second time: de jure: by law "Official", in contrast with de facto; analogous to "in principle", whereas de facto is to "in practice ...

  8. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia [note 3] is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the use of the wiki -based editing system MediaWiki. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history.

  9. Wikipedia:List of Wiktionaries - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia. : List of Wiktionaries. Wiktionary is a multilingual, web -based dictionary project, edited as a wiki. As of February 2024, Wiktionary is available in 192 language versions, with 168 active and 24 closed. [1]